Canadian Gardening: Can we talk clematis???, 1 by

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I have Polish Spirit (very dark purple), Comtesse du Bouchaud (pinky purple) and Sweet Autumn clematises. The first two I planted too close together so they share a trellis and put on a very spectacular show all summer. They are all in a garden bed on the north-west side of my house and get only a bit of late day sun, as there's a 40 foot hill across the street. They do excellently there. The Sweet Autumn, which I've been told is invasive in warmer zones, doesn't do as well, but I think that's all for the best. It still blooms like a trooper, but first growth comes up very late-mid-June and it doesn't bloom until late September. Here's polish spirit and comtesse du bouchaud taken in its second summer. Its bloomed more densely since this, but I still like this picture.

Christine